34 Palestinians wounded in Israeli settler rampage through occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers also torched more than 140 cars including an ambulance, vandalized homes and set farmlands on fire according to the witnesses.

Palestinian media outlet Wafa reported cases of Palestinians being robbed by settlers and said a 12-year-old boy was beaten.

Tuesday's settler rampage occurred hours after four Israeli settlers were killed in a shooting near the illegal Israeli settlement of Eli in the central West Bank.

Two gunmen were identified by Palestinian media as Muhannad Faleh Shehadeh and Khaled Mustafa Sabah, both of whom are from the village of Orif, south of Nablus.

Shehadeh was shot dead at the scene. Sabah was shot dead in nearby Toubas, Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency said.

Israeli forces were brought to some of the areas in a bid to quell the settler violence.

Israeli police announced that they would deploy more officers on the main roads in the West Bank with an emphasis on “sensitive areas”.

The attack on Israeli settlers came after Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians, including three teenagers, following a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday.

In Huwwara on Tuesday, a mob of settlers torched cars and damaged Palestinian property. Some also opened fire on Palestinians, according to Wafa.

In February, Huwwara and surrounding areas, became the scene of a terrifying rampage by Israeli settlers, which killed one Palestinian and wounded nearly 400 others.

Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 163 Palestinians this year, including 27 children.

A total of 129 fatalities have been recorded in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and a further 34 in the Gaza Strip.